Undergraduate Studies

General Education Requirements - 41 hours
(English, History, Literature, etc)

Music Core Curriculum - 26 hours

MUS 1010 Recital Attendance (6 semesters)	0 Credit
MUTH 1110 Theory and Aural Skills I	4 Credits
MUTH 1120 Theory and Aural Skills II	4 Credits
MUHL 1610 The World of Music	2 Credits
MUTH 2110 Theory and Aural Skills III	3 Credits
MUTH 2120 Theory and Aural Skills IV	3 Credits
MUHL 3010 History of Western Art Music I	3 Credits
MUHL 3020 History of Western Art Music II	3 Credits
MUTH 4130 Orchestration and Arranging	2 Credits
MUS 3140 Conducting I	2 Credits

All music majors must take class piano or private piano instruction until they pass the piano proficiency examination prescribed by their degree programs. Students should see their advisors for details.

Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in MUTH 1110, 1120, 2110, 2120 (music theory sequence) and MUHL 1610, 1620, 2610, 2620 (music history sequence).

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Teacher Licensure

Students seeking a license to teach music in the public schools must complete (1) a major in Music following the concentration in either Instrumental Music Education or Vocal/General Music Education K-12, (2) minor in Secondary Education, (3) the General Education Program, and (4) additional teacher licensure requirements. Students must contact a Secondary Education minor advisor for additional details and requirements relating to Teacher Licensure (see page 163).

NOTE: Please see the Educational Leadership Department on page 166 for Secondary Education minor requirements.

Jury Examinations

All music majors and minors are required to participate in jury examinations in their primary performing areas. Non-music majors registered for private lessons may be required to perform a jury examination at the discretion of the instructor. Jury examinations are held to measure the student's progress at the conclusion of each semester. Those students who have presented and passed their senior recitals during the semester may be excused from jury examinations.

Undergraduate Music majors must pass a upper-division jury to qualify for applied music study at the MUAP 3000 level. A Music major must take his or her upper-division jury no later than the end of the sixth semester and if not passing must take an upper-division jury again the next semester. A third attempt must be accompanied by extraordinary circumstances and must carry the approval of the studio teacher and director of the School of Music.

Concentrations in Music
Students majoring in Music must pursue one of seven concentrations.
Requirements for each concentration follow:

Concentration 1: Instrumental Music Education

MUED 1310 Woodwind Techniques I	1 Credit
MUED 1320 Percussion Techniques	1 Credit
MUED 1330 Brass Techniques	1 Credit
MUED 1410 String Techniques	1 Credit
MUS 1510 Class Voice I OR MUS 2371 Applied Voice	1 Credit
MUS 1530 Class Piano I*	1 Credit
MUS 1540 Class Piano II*	1 Credit
MUED 2000 Philosophy and Introduction to Music Education	2 Credits
MUED 2320 Instrumental Music Lab (1+1)	2 Credits
MUED 3200 Music in the Elementary Grades for Music Majors	3 Credits
MUED 3230 Instrumental Materials	3 Credits
MUED 3250 Band Organization and Marching Band Techniques	3 Credits
MUED 3310 Woodwinds Techniques II	1 Credit
MUEN 3---Ensembles** (9 hrs. participation required)	0 Credit
MUAP 2---Private Instruction	3 credits
MUAP 4---Private Instruction	3 Credits
MUPD 3050 Jazz Pedagogy	2 Credits
MUS 3150 Conducting II Instrumental	2 Credits
MUTH 4110 Form and Analysis	2 Credits
MUAP 4800 Partial Senior Recital	0 Credit
SUBTOTAL	34 Credits

*Not required if piano major instrument

**Ensembles

Primary Instrument: Brass, Woodwind, Percussion

3 hours from:

MUEN 3100

4 hours from:

MUEN 3110, 3120, 3300

1 hour from:

MUEN 37-0 (chamber ensemble)

1 hour from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensemble)

Primary Instrument: Orchestral Strings

5 hours from:

MUEN 3300

2 hours from:

MUEN 3700, 3740

1 hour from:

MUEN 37-0 (chamber ensemble)

1 hour from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensemble)

Primary Instrument: Piano

4 hours from:

MUEN 3000

2 hours from:

MUEN 3730

3 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensemble)

Primary Instrument: Guitar

4 hours from:

MUEN 3720

1 hour from:

MUEN 37-0 (chamber ensemble)

3 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensemble)

Secondary Education Minor

Please see the Educational Leadership Department on page 166 for Secondary Education minor requirements.

Concentration 2: Vocal/General Music Education

MUS 1530 Class Piano I*	1 Credit
MUS 1540 Class Piano II*	1 Credit
MUS 15-0 Class Guitar I or II	1 credits
MUED 2000 Philosophy and Introduction to Music Education	2 credits
MUED 2210 Instrumental Techniques for Music Classroom	2 credits
MUED 2310 Choral Music Lab (two semesters, 1 cr. ea.)	2 credits
MUPD 2180 Diction for Singers I (English or Latin)	2 credits
MUPD 2--- Diction for Singers II, III, or IV	2 Credit
MUS 2530 Class Piano III	1 Credit
MUS 2540 Class Piano IV	1 credits
MUED 3190 General Music in the Middle and Senior High School	3 credits
MUED 3200 Music in the Elementary Grades for Music Majors	3 Credits
MUED 3220 Choral Music in the Middle and Senior High School	2 Credits
MUS 3160 Conducting II Choral	2 Credits
MUTH 4110 Form and Analysis	2 Credit
MUEN 3---Ensembles** (9 hrs. participation required)	0 Credits
MUAP 2--- Private Instruction	4 Credits
MUAP 4--- Private Instruction	3 Credits
MUAP 4800 Partial Senior Recital	0 Credit
SUBTOTAL	34 Credits

*Not required if piano primary instrument

**Ensembles

Primary Instrument: Piano or Organ

3 hours from:

MUEN 3000

2 hours from:

MUEN 3730

4 hours from:

MUEN 3200, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3260

Primary Instrument: Voice

5 hours from:

MUEN 3200, 3230

2 hours from:

MUEN 3210, 3220

2 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensemble)

Primary Instrument: Guitar

3 hours from:

MUEN 3200, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3260

5 hours from:

MUEN 3720

1 hour from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensemble)

Secondary Education Minor

Please see the Educational Leadership Department on page 166 for Secondary Education minor requirements.

Concentration 3: Voice Performance

MUS 1530 Class Piano I 1

MUS 1540 Class Piano II 1

MUPD 2180 Diction for Singers I (English and Latin) 2

MUPD 2190 Diction for Singers II (Italian) 2

MUS 2530 Class Piano III 1

MUS 2540 Class Piano IV 1

MUAP 3800 Junior Recital 1

MUTH 4110 Form and Analysis 2

MUPD 2200 Diction for Singers III (German) 2

MUPD 2210 Diction for Singers IV (French) 2

MUPD 4310 Vocal Pedagogy 2

MUHL 4710 Vocal Literature 3

MUEN 3--- Ensembles** (9 hrs. participation required) 7

MUAP 2372 Private Instruction-Voice 8

MUAP 4373 Private Instruction-Voice 12

Foreign Language*** 3

MUAP 4900 Senior Recital 2

SUBTOTAL 52

**Ensembles

NOTE: Nine (9) hours of ensemble participation are required, but only seven (7) of those hours may be counted toward degree requirements; the remaining two hours may be taken for zero (0) credit.

6 hours from:

MUEN 3200, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3260

3 hours from:

MUEN 3250

***Foreign language proficiency: One year of foreign language proficiency in Italian, French, or German must be established through examination by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures or by a passing grade for the second semester (1020) of Elementary Italian, French, or German. In addition, three credit hours of study are required in a second foreign language, either Italian, French, or German.

Concentration 4a: Instrumental Performance -
Brass, Orchestral Strings, Woodwinds, and Percussion

Concentration 4b: Instrumental Performance - Guita r

Concentration 5: Music Industry

A student in the Music Industry concentration may declare jazz as an emphasis but must first pass the upper-division jury in classical performance before continuing studies in jazz. The Partial Senior Recital requirement would be in jazz performance.

MUS 1530 Class Piano I* 1

MUS 1540 Class Piano II* 1

MUTH 3020 Commercial Songwriting 3

MUHL 3670 History of Popular Music in America 3

MUTH 4190 Introduction to MIDI and Sound Synthesis 3

MUS 4270 Music Internship 3

MUAP 4800 Partial Senior Recital 1

MUEN 3--- Ensembles** 8

MUAP 2--1 Private Instruction 4

MUAP 4--1 Private Instruction 4

Upper-division music electives 4

SUBTOTAL 35

*Not required if piano major instrument

All students must complete Recording Industry minor 18

**Ensembles

Primary Instrument: Guitar

1 hour from:

MUEN 3200, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3240, 3250, 3260

4 hours from:

MUEN 3720

3 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensembles)

Primary Instrument: Piano

4 hours from:

MUEN 3000

1 hour from:

MUEN 3730

3 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensembles)

Primary Instrument: Organ

4 hours from:

MUEN 3000

1 hour from:

MUEN 3200, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3240, 3250, 3260

3 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensembles)

Primary Instrument: Brass

5 hours from:

MUEN 3100, 3110, 3120, 3300

3 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensembles)

Primary Instrument: Woodwind

5 hours from:

MUEN 3100, 3110, 3120, 3300

3 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensembles)

Primary Instrument: Orchestral Strings

6 hours from:

MUEN 3300

2 hours from:

MUEN 3740

Primary Instrument: Percussion

5 hours from:

MUEN 3100, 3110, 3120, 3300

3 hours from:

MUEN 3500

Primary Instrument: Voice

5 hours from:

MUEN 3200, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3340, 3260

2 hours from:

MUEN 3250

1 hour from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensembles)

Concentration 6: Theory-Composition

MUS 1530 Class Piano I* 1

MUS 1540 Class Piano II* 1

MUS 2530 Class Piano III 1

MUS 2540 Class Piano IV 1

MUTH 3110 Counterpoint 3

MUTH 4110 Form and Analysis 2

MUTH 4190 Principles and Practices of Electronic Music 3

MUAP 2342 Composition 4

MUAP 4342 Composition 8

MUHL 4630 Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Music 3

MUHL 4640 Nineteenth-Century Music 3

MUHL 4650 Twentieth-Century Music 3

MUAP 2--1 Private Instruction 4

MUAP 4--1 Private Instruction 4

MUAP 4900 Senior Recital 2

MUEN 3--- Ensembles** 9

S UBTOTAL 52

*Not required if piano major instrument

**Ensembles

Primary Instrument: Guitar

1 hour from:

MUEN 3200, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3240, 3250, 3260

5 hours from:

MUEN 3720

1 hour from:

MUEN 3700

2 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensembles)

Primary Instrument: Piano

1 hour from:

MUEN 3200, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3240, 3250, 3260

3 hours from:

MUEN 3000

1 hour from:

MUEN 3730

4 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensembles)

Primary Instrument: Organ

3 hours from:

MUEN 3200, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3240, 3250, 3260

3 hours from:

MUEN 3000

3 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensembles)

Primary Instrument: Brass and Woodwinds

3 hours from:

MUEN 3300

3 hours from:

MUEN 3100, 3110, 3120

1 hour from:

MUEN 3200, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3240, 3250, 3260

2 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensembles)

Primary Instrument: Orchestral Strings

6 hours from:

MUEN 3300

2 hours from:

MUEN 3740

1 hour from:

MUEN 3--- (elective ensembles)

Primary Instrument: Percussion

5 hours from:

MUEN 3110, 3120

1 hour from:

MUEN 3300

3 hours from:

MUEN 3500

Primary Instrument: Voice

5 hours from:

MUEN 3200, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3240, 3260

2 hours from:

MUEN 3250

2 hours from:

MUEN 3--- (ensemble electives)

Concentration 7: Jazz Studies

Three choices for Music Minors

1. Minor in American Music Studies
(21-23 hours)

Required courses (12-14 hours):

MUTH 1110 Theory and Aural Skills I AND 4

MUTH 1120 Theory and Aural Skills II OR 4

  MUTH 3160 Jazz Theory I AND 3

  MUTH 3170 Jazz Theory II 3

AND

ANTH 2010 Cultural Anthropology OR 3

  GEOG 4360 Cultural Geography 3

AND

MUHL 4660 American Music 3

Guided Electives (9 hours) to be selected from the following:

MUHL 4530 History of Jazz 3

MUHL 4130 Survey of World Music 3

MUHL 3150 Musics of the South 3

MUHL 3670 History of Popular Music in America 3

MUHL 4650 Twentieth-Century Music 3

RIM 3000 History of the Recording Industry 3

RIM 3100 Music as Popular Culture 3

SOC 4170 The Social Context of Southern Music 3

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2. Minor in Music
(20 hours)

(20 hours)

Music Theory

MUTH 1110 Theory and Aural Skills I 4

MUTH 1120 Theory and Aural Skills II 4

Private Instruction 4

4 semesters of private instruction in one field

Ensembles 2

2 semesters of ensemble participation

AND

Students will choose from the following two options:

Option #1

MUS 1030 Introduction to Music 3

And choose one of the following four courses:

MUHL 4530 History of Jazz 3

MUHL 3120 Masterworks of Classical Music 3

MUHL 4130 Survey of World Music 3

MUHL 3670 History of Popular Music in America 3

MUHL 1610 The World of Music 2

MUHL 3010 History of Western Art Music I 3

MUHL 3020 History of Western Art Music II 3

In Addition

The student must fulfill all prerequisites for any course within the minor. Students must complete at least three semester hours at the upper-division level through MTSU in the minor.

3. Minor in Music Industry
(24 hours)

Music Theory

MUTH 1110 Theory Aural Skills I 4

MUTH 1120 Theory and Aural Skills II 4

Plus 1 2 Credits selected from:

MUHL 1610 The World of Music 2

MUS 1030 Introduction to Music 3

MUTH 2110 Theory and Aural Skills III 3

MUTH 2120 Theory and Aural Skills IV 3

MUTH 3020* Commercial Songwriting 2

MUHL 3670 History of Popular Music in America 3

MUTH 4130 Orchestration and Arranging 2

MUTH 4170 Jazz Arranging 2

MUTH 4180 Improvisation I 2

MUTH 4190* Principles and Practices of Electronic Music 3

MUTH 4290* Electronic Music II 3

RIM/MUTH 4590* MIDI Studio Techniques 3

*Permission to enroll is given by the Recording Industry Department

Private Instruction and/or Ensembles 4

Four semesters of private instruction and/or ensembles

In Addition

The student must fulfill all prerequisites for any course within the minor. Students must complete at least three semester hours at the upper-division level through MTSU in the minor.

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Courses in Music [MUS]

See back of catalog for course descriptions.

Courses in Applied Music [MUAP]

See back of catalog for course descriptions.

Courses in Music Education [MUED]

See back of catalog for course descriptions.

Courses in Music Ensembles [MUEN]

See back of catalog for course descriptions.

Courses in Music History

and Literature [MUHL]

See back of catalog for course descriptions.

Courses in Music Pedagogy [MUPD]

See back of catalog for course descriptions.

Courses in Music Theory [MUTH]

See back of catalog for course descriptions.

Graduate Study

The school offers the Master of Arts degree. Requirements for this degree and a list of the courses offered for graduate credit are published in the Graduate Catalog.